Manager, Regulatory Affairs

Mercer is seeking candidates for the following position based in Sydney or Melbourne:

Manager, Regulatory Affairs

What can you expect?

• As Manager, this role reports to Senior Manager of Regulatory Affairs and is a member of the Mercer Pacific’s Compliance and Regulatory Engagement team. This role is responsible for supporting Regulatory Affairs function and Mercer's Regulatory Change Framework. 
• Engaging with multiple stakeholders including local & global colleagues, auditors and leaders across Mercer, this role will seek to build constructive working relationships and promote robust management systems & compliance culture within the organisation.

What is in it for you?

At Mercer, we recognize that our most important asset is our people. We offer benefits and programs that support career development such as professional development support, exam and study assistance and global rotation opportunities, which will support and nurture you with every opportunity to reach your full potential.

We also recognise the value of healthy, happy colleagues and promote a culture of care and wellbeing, offering benefits such as flexible working and much more!

• Hybrid work arrangements
• Discounted insurances
• Incentive Compensation Plan
• Leading training and development program
• Professional environment where your career path really matters and is supported in our global organisation
• Great team environment with energetic and supportive colleagues

We will count on you to:

• Implement Regulatory Engagement Framework by supporting and co-ordinating regulatory requests and responses to regulators. This will involve working with key stakeholders including Business Leaders, Line 1 Risk and Compliance teams and the Legal team.
• Actively ensure new regulatory trends and requirements are identified and work in partnership with the business to implement necessary changes.
• Support the maintenance of the Regulatory Management Framework across Mercer Group with input from key business stakeholders.
• Support production of regular and ad-hoc reporting, to Risk and Compliance Function, Business leaders locally and globally, Committees and Boards.
• Identify and help drive continuous improvement opportunities.
• Support Line 1 Risk and Compliance colleagues. 
• Build and preserve trusting relationships with various teams as required to complete allocated tasks.

What you need to have: 

• Ideally 3+ years of experience in legal and/or financial services experience (superannuation experience strongly preferred).
• Regulatory affairs and financial services experience in an in-house role or having worked for a regulator (strongly preferred).
• Understanding of relevant legislative and regulatory frameworks which impact service offerings and solutions (strongly preferred).
• Stakeholder management experience.
• Advanced conflict resolution and business acumen skills.
• Analytical mindset to assess impact of changing regulatory environment on the business operations.
• Able to understand the business issues and take a pragmatic approach.
• Change management and agile working mindset.
• Able to manage multiple projects and work towards demanding deadlines.

About us:

Mercer believes in building brighter futures by redefining the world of work, reshaping retirement and investment outcomes, and unlocking real health and well-being. Mercer’s approximately 25,000 employees are based in 43 countries and the firm operates in 130 countries. Mercer is a business of Marsh McLennan (NYSE: MMC), the world’s leading professional services firm in the areas of risk, strategy and people, with more than 85,000 colleagues and annual revenue of over $20 billion. Through its market-leading businesses including Marsh, Guy Carpenter and Oliver Wyman, Marsh McLennan helps clients navigate an increasingly dynamic and complex environment. For more information, visit mercer.com. Follow Mercer on LinkedIn and X.

Marsh McLennan is committed to creating a diverse, inclusive and flexible work environment. We aim to attract and retain the best people and embrace diversity of age, background, disability, ethnic origin, family duties, gender orientation or expression, marital status, nationality, parental status, personal or social status, political affiliation, race, religion and beliefs, sex/gender, sexual orientation or expression, skin colour, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Marsh McLennan is committed to hybrid work, which includes the flexibility of working remotely and the collaboration, connections and professional development benefits of working together in the office. All Marsh McLennan colleagues are expected to be in their local office or working onsite with clients at least three days per week. Office-based teams will identify at least one “anchor day” per week on which their full team will be together in person. Note: the changes to our hybrid work policy do not apply to officially designated remote workers and are subject to any works council or local legal requirement.

Please apply using the link below, applications will only be considered from candidates who have the appropriate approval to work in Australia. Successful applicants will be required to complete a Criminal & Bankruptcy check prior to commencement of employment.